Yes. Yes, I could open the Laphroaig. I could pour a generous dram and swirl it temptingly a few times, watching how the glistening, shimmering spirit catches the sunlight whilst dancing seductively around the glass, filling the room with a perfume so magnificent it would stimulate even the dullest olfactory senses, inviting you to explore more deeply the treasure inside. This I could do, and infinitely more.

However, none would pass my lips as I'm in work tonight and have a strict no-alcohol rule on workdays once I'm awake. I won't even be having a beer with the UEFA Cup final tonight

Like I said though, I'm on me jollies after tonight's shift so chances are good I'll be opening it at some point tomorrow. I have a garden to tidy and powerwash and a barbecue to fix and wash, so I just might have to have a few drams to help me along

Newbie wrote:Someone mentioned that this is a vatting of 13, 15 & 17 year old whisky. Has the quarter cask whisky been around that long?

The swedish systembolag could be wrong in their facts - but if theyÂ´re right the youngest Cairdeas part taken from the "Quarter cask process" would be (at least) then 10 yr old whisky placed in bourbon casks three years ago instead of going into the quarter casks. (It would then indicate also that the final regular quarter cask product would be a vatting including also older components than the 4yr whisky mentioned earlier in the thread)

They are almost certainly wrong as Quarter Cask is almost certaibly not ten years old + quarter cask time. The quarter cask process was designed to make young whisky taste older than it really is. Best estimates I have heard is that the QC is a vatting of different ages, the youngest of which is 3 or 4 years old.

This is the first OB Laphroaig I've bought this year (I stocked up at Christmas on supermarket bargains!). Glancing through the small booklet thing that came with it, I noticed a note to existing friends regarding the "Unique purchase number" which can be entered at the "Friends" website. It seems that Laphroaig are starting a Friends loyalty scheme where bottle purchases earn points (I now have 10!) which can be redeemed in the future against as yet unnamed rewards.

This is my first experience of this. Has anyone else noticed this or have any more info? Perhaps someone going to the festival and visiting Laphroaig could try to get some more details?

fishboy wrote:I noticed a note to existing friends regarding the "Unique purchase number" which can be entered at the "Friends" website. It seems that Laphroaig are starting a Friends loyalty scheme where bottle purchases earn points (I now have 10!) which can be redeemed in the future against as yet unnamed rewards.

Now that is a smart idea. I imagine many distilleries will go down this route to make sure that the friends who get rewards actually buy their products. I wonder, too, whether you might get cross distillery alliances where purchases of any Diageo bottle gets Diageo points (like frequent flyer schemes).

Two of these arrived this morning, my Father is home so will be ripping one open, still not QC though but may get one today to compare and see how differet it really is. No reference to the 17's on the bottle.

I was woken up by citylink with my Cairdeas this morning! I wasn't sure whether to buy this bottle or not but recently I've been enjoying the Laphroaig 10, I thought why not I'd only regret it later if I don't!

Might have to pick up a quarter cask for comparison and open up my 10 cask strength as well!

Rob B wrote:I was told on the phone today that "Carchis" should sound phonetically accurate.

Gaelic tends to have a neutral vowel sound in between two consonant groups - in this case, between the "r" and the "de". The word is derived from caraid (friend), which shows a much clearer break between the "r" and the "id". The final vowel sound could be neutral (as I suggested) or somewhere between an English "a" and "i", but the latter option would probably be better on a stressed syllable.

My 2 arrived whilst I was out at work. And as predicted theve gone to some citylink place bloody miles from here. I motorbiked it down there but couldn't find it. Place is like a bloody rabbit warren. So the pain it seems shall continue till monday.

This afternoon i made a 40 mile round trip to pick up 2 bottles from Couriers , both on the same estate . One from Bladnoch (ACP i think) and one from the SMWS (Citylink) , The last delivery from RMW ended up at the Couriers Depot at Durham ! The Post Office/Parcel Force may be more expensive but at least if they miss me in they are dropped off at the Village Post Office for Local Collection , Better 50p for collection than a gallon of Diesel and 2 hours in traffic Jams !!!!!

You guys there are lucky to get it fast. When I ordered last year's Feis Ille bottling, it took 7 weeks+ to reach the customs here in Singapore. I took another week to find the time to finally get down there, pay the excise and carry off the loot!

Any other tasting notes? Was tempted to get the Corry but stuck to Cairdeas. I hope I've got it right this time......

Spirit of Islay wrote:Does for sale at the distillery shop and on the online shop not qualify as "The item is not available in any retail outlet" ?Just wondering.....

Gordon it is my experience that you could still buy this by the bucket load from any high street supermarket and it would go through the ebay radar. I reported an item once for this very reason. Were ebay interested? Not a jot.

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